NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach

»To a certain extent, Gustav Mahler had an influence on every composer who came after him: he had the courage to be subjective.« Thus the composer, conductor and Elbphilharmonie Artist in Residence Matthias Pintscher characterises his great predecessor.  Mahler’s performing instructions for his Sixth Symphony give evidence of the great emotionality of his music: the score contains markings like »As if lashed with a whip – Full of anger – Like the blow of an axe«.